We decided to have pot luck barbeque session at Rino’s place right after the Magic: the Gathering Iloilo Year-ender tournament. Unfortunately, a few of the friends decided to back out and so we were left with just one dish to cook which was the chicken and pork that I bought from the supermarket the day before.

My team members went ahead to Rino’s place while I and Oliver decided to drop by at Quixmart to buy some drinks to partner with the food. We chose Tanduay Superior and Emperador Light which fits well and to burn the fats from the barbeque dish. We also bought Pepsi to act as chaser.

Arriving at their house, Ericson was already preparing the barbeque grill while the rest are setting up the main table and the chairs on the garage. MtG lovers Herbert and Fiona also arrived and brought the board game King of Tokyo for us to play. A few moments later I can already smell the sweet aroma of the grilled pork. I have known Ericson to be an expert on this menu and after a few minutes, he immediately served the first batch. It was cooked perfectly and the whole night of marinade in spices resulted in a deep flavor and we did not need any sawsawan to enhance our taste.

Herbert mentored the rest of those who did not know the rules of the game. We started the first game by random distribution of the Tokyo monsters. I got King, a large gorilla which looks like a cyborg version of King Kong. It was pretty long game as each of us develop our energy in order to buy effect cards and to setup our Star points. Later on we decided to be aggressive and do attacks to those inside Tokyo. I think Rino won that game as he was able to buy the defensive cards while getting his points up to 20.

The next game was more of an aggro phasing as Fiona immediately attack those inside Tokyo on her first turn. I was one of the two who took the early five damage and so I had to regain my health back by dicing heart faces on my next turns. We did a little politicking but ended up being aggressive again in order to end the game. Dean won that game with a plethora of card effects and dice results.

We played a third game but I don’t remember who won that one as I was already drunk with all the shots from Tanduay Superior. Overall, King of Tokyo is pretty enjoyable and fast game that is suited for drinking sessions. It was easy to learn because of our MtG background but I think non-gamers will also easily adapt to the rules. I have heard that they released an expansion and I am hoping to play this again with the group, implementing the expansion rules and having the new monsters.

Here are a few pics (posted on Facebook) that I took during the afterparty.